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It occurred to me this past May, after a visit with my now 19-month-old granddaughter who is being held hostage by her parents in the far off land of Oregon, that if I wanted to spend more time with her, I’d have to be unemployed to do it.

It occurred to me this past May, after a visit with my now 19-month-old granddaughter who is being held hostage by her parents in the far off land of Oregon, that if I wanted to spend more time with her, I’d have to be unemployed to do it.

It occurred to me this past May, after a visit with my now 19-month-old granddaughter who is being held hostage by her parents in the far off land of Oregon, that if I wanted to spend more time with her, I’d have to be unemployed to do it.

It’s more than a week later. Ten days after the big night.
And folks are still talking about it. We (the six of us) are still talking about it.
We left our comfort zones to do something we’d never done before.
We tripped the light fantastic.
Under the instruction of our able dance professionals, we managed to rumba, tango, salsa, fox trot,
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Sleepless nights. Obsessive mental reviews of the routine. Severe doubts about the wisdom of showing up April 2.
I don’t think I’m alone. As far as I can tell we (the “we” being the Dancing with the Ark’s Stars contestants) are all freaking out just a little bit. The one thing we all have in common is that we are all very competitive and are
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Judy Watts

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:01 a.m.

This is what happens when you watch too much of any one reality competition show. You start thinking to yourself:
A) That looks like fun,
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Judy Watts

Thursday, September 9, 2010 12:01 a.m.

Folks lined up three across and a parking lot deep to attend the highly anticipated grand opening of the new Cracker Barrel near I-26 exit 199. The
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Do they or don't they?I wasn't 100 percent sure how I felt about the men in my life – namely, the Hubster, Surfer Dude and Manchild #2 – wearing skirts to our firstborn's wedding. I'd certainly had long enough to think about it since his intention to be wed in a kilt had been known since he was 12 years old and he is now 29. His kilt
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